Cardiac surgery is associated with perioperative blood loss and a high risk of allogeneic
blood transfusion. Patient blood management (PBM) in cardiac surgery contributes to the …

The care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery is becoming more complex, in part owing to
the increasing burden of comorbid disease, frailty, and psychosocial issues. Many risk …

Despite current recommendations on the management of pre‐operative anaemia, there is
no pragmatic guidance for the diagnosis and management of anaemia and iron deficiency in …

Document Reviewers: Moritz WV Wyler von Ballmoos (USA), Mate Petricevic (Croatia), Arie
Pieter Kappetein (Netherlands), Miguel Sousa-Uva (Portugal), Georg Trummer (Germany) …

Background Recent guidelines on transfusion in cardiac surgery suggest that hemoglobin
might not be the only criterion to trigger transfusion. Central venous oxygen saturation …

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of routine intravenous iron in surgical patients with
iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Background: Anemia is the most common medical disease in …

Background Anaemia is associated with poor postoperative outcomes, but few studies have
described the impact of preoperative anaemia in low-and middle-(LMICs), and high-income …

Background Preoperative anaemia affects one third of patients undergoing cardiac surgery
and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Although it is recommended that …

Anemia is common in patients with cardiac disease. Iron deficiency is the cause of anemia in
about 80% of all cases. Preoperative anemia is associated with an increased morbidity and …

Anaemia is common before cardiac surgery and is associated with increased morbidity and
mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of anaemia is lower for women …